New videos of ants fixing an entrée of fruit fly stew show that it’s the youngsters who do the colony’s version of cooking. What’s more, they don’t nibble as they cook but wait to be served their fair share.
ROLE PLAYING. Adults with large heads defend the Pheidole spadonia colony, and the smaller, millimeter-long workers cut up meat from prey and tend the young.
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